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Louisiana Passes Violent Games Bill

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the down-with-fun-down-with-fun dept.

GameDaily is reporting that the Louisiana House has passed a violent games bill, aping similar legislation from across the country. From the article: "The bill would allow a judge to determine if a video game is 'patently offensive to prevailing standards' and if it's appealing 'to the minor's morbid interest in violence.' If the title meets these "criteria" the game could be ordered to be pulled from store shelves. Furthermore, someone found guilty of selling one of these games would face fines of between $100 and $2,000, and a prison term of up to one year. According to the Associated Press, even though several members of the House questioned whether the bill would be in violation of the First Amendment, none felt they should vote against the measure."

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  1. Gratz. by GundamFan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You just made a big chunk of the population criminals, let me know how that turns out.

    --
    I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
    Mark Twain
    1. Re:Gratz. by KlomDark · · Score: 4, Funny

      There's GenXrs who were born before CINEMA?? Where?

      I don't fear rap, I just think it's pathetic. Bad poetry accented with a drum. The same drum over and over. Fucking boring.

      I *BOOM* GONNA FUCK YOU UP *BOOM BOOoM.*
      WITH MY *BOOM* GUN *BOOM BOoOM.*
      *BOOM* *BOOM BoOOM.*
      *BOOM* *BOOM BOOoM.*
      *BOOM* *BOOM BOoOM.*
      I *BOOM* GONNA FUCK YOU UP *BOOM BOOoM*

      What if you changed the drum to a gong, or a triangle, or an AOOGAH horn? Could you imagine listening to:

      (Gong)
      I *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRRRRRr* GONNA FUCK YOU UP *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRRRrRR BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRRrRRR.*
      WITH MY *BURRRUUURRRRRURrRRRURRRRRRR* GUN *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRrRRRRR BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRrRRRR.*
      *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRRRrRR* *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRrRURRRRRRR BURRRUUURRRRRURRRrRURRRRRRR.*
      *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRRrRRR* *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRrRRRR BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRRrRRR.*
      *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURrRRRRRR* *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRUrRRRRRRR BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRRRrRR*
      I *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRUrRRRRRRR* GONNA FUCK YOU UP *BURRRUUURRRRRURRRRURRRrRRRR BURRRUUURRrRRRURRRRURRRRRRR.*

      (Triangle)
      I *ting* GONNA FUCK YOU UP *ting ting.*
      WITH MY *ting* GUN *ting ting.*
      *ting* *ting ting.*
      *ting* *ting ting.*
      *ting* *ting ting.*
      I *ting* GONNA FUCK YOU UP *ting ting.*

      (A-oogah horn)
      I *AOOGAH* GONNA FUCK YOU UP *AOOGAH AOOGAH.*
      WITH MY *AOOGAH* GUN *AOOGAH AOOGAH.*
      *AOOGAH* *AOOGAH AOOGAH.*
      *AOOGAH* *AOOGAH AOOGAH.*
      *AOOGAH* *AOOGAH AOOGAH.*
      I *AOOGAH* GONNA FUCK YOU UP *AOOGAH AOOGAH.*

      Music for idiots with small brains.

  2. Just plain stupid by KingBraden · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Another useless videogame bill that will be overturned by the courts.

    We all know why no one voted against this bill. They have seen the bans in other states thrown out on first ammendment grounds. They understand this will have no real effect (aside from forcing the game industry to pay some legal bills). They do this because they do not want to be the guy in November with ads running against him saying "John Smith wants kids to kill hookers like they do in the game he supports Grand Theft Auto."

    I am sick of legislatures playing lip service to what the lattest fad is. I wish Americans (and I am sure it happens in the rest of the world too) would grow a brain and quit letting rhetoric dictacte their life.

  3. To Louisiana politicians by zephc · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't you asshats have a city to rebuild? Why the fuck are you wasting your constituent's money on this?

    --
    "I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.